<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Namban</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>Japanese painting styles</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>art, namban</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>art, southern barbarian</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>barbarian art, southern</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>namban art</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>southern barbarian art</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Refers to the style of art connected with European missionaries and merchants in Japan during the 16th and 17th century, including Japanese artists painting in a Western style, European imported art, and traditonal Japanese art depicting Europeans. Taught by Jesuit priest Giovanni Niccolo in 1583, artists produced works in a traditional Western style, often religious in theme. Namban motifs include Western peoples, ships and rosaries and crosses, found on folding screens, flasks, and lacquer ware. ]]></note></mads>